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HOUSE BILL 1698
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By Representatives Conway, Clements, Wood, Ogden, Hatfield, Carlson and Boldt
Read first time 02/03/1999. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to motel liquor licenses; and amending RCW 66.24.540.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 66.24.540 and 1997 c 321 s 34 are each amended to read as follows:
There
shall be a retailer's license to be designated as a motel license. The motel
license may be issued to a motel ((that)) regardless of whether it
holds ((no)) any other class of license under this title. No
license may be issued to a motel offering rooms to its guests on an hourly
basis. The license authorizes the licensee to:
(1) Sell, at retail, in locked honor bars, spirits in individual bottles not to exceed fifty milliliters, beer in individual cans or bottles not to exceed twelve ounces, and wine in individual bottles not to exceed one hundred eighty-seven milliliters, to registered guests of the motel for consumption in guest rooms.
(a)
Each honor bar must also contain snack foods. ((No more than one-half of
the guest rooms may have honor bars. The board shall charge a reasonable fee
for this license.))
(b) All spirits to be sold under the license must be purchased from the board.
(c) The licensee shall require proof of age from the guest renting a guest room and requesting the use of an honor bar. The guest shall also execute an affidavit verifying that no one under twenty-one years of age shall have access to the spirits, beer, and wine in the honor bar.
(2) Provide without additional charge, to overnight guests of the motel, beer and wine by the individual serving for on-premises consumption at a specified regular date, time, and place as may be fixed by the board. Self-service by attendees is prohibited. All beer and wine service must be done by an alcohol server as defined in RCW 66.20.300 and comply with RCW 66.20.310.
The annual fee for a motel license is five hundred dollars.
"Motel" as used in this section means a facility or place offering three or more self-contained units designated by number, letter, or some other method of identification to travelers and transient guests. As used in this section, "spirits," "beer," and "wine" have the meanings defined in RCW 66.04.010.
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